Note 44 — Chapter III · MUGHAL VICEROYS. a.d. 1573–1758. (continued 2)
Reading edition
The surkh or little black-dotted red seed of the Abrus precatorius is called ghúngchi in Hindi and cock’s-eye, chashmi-i-khurús, in Persian. As a weight the seed is known as a rati 96 going to the tola. It is used in weighing precious stones. Blochmann’s Áin-i-Akbari, I. 16 note 1 and Mirăt-i-Áhmedi Persian Text, 366. ↑